What better way to begin 2021 than with the release of my new book of haiku! This collection, titled breaking my journey, is published by Jim Kacian from Red Moon Press in the USA. Jim is a tireless supporter of haiku writers around the globe and I’m thrilled with the way the book has come… Read More breaking my journey
Christine Villa has completed Issue 11 of her video journal, Frameless Sky. The current edition runs over 25 minutes and offers a mix of music, visual art and Japanese short-form poetry. In this case, the music is by Kevin MacLeod and the artwork is by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz and Jessica Malone Latham. You can purchase a… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 11
Since 2016, WA Poets Inc (based in Perth, Western Australia) has conducted the Ros Spencer Poetry Contest. Having run the contest for several years, the organisers produced an anthology in late 2019 containing poems from all four contests to date. Brushstrokes, the Ros Spencer Poetry Contest Anthology 2016-19, presents poems selected by Dennis Haskell and Rose… Read More Ros Spencer Poetry Contest Anthology
The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is the city’s annual springtime event celebrating the Japanese tradition of flower viewing. Each April, Vancouver organises an extensive program of indoor and outdoor community events including concerts, cultural events and The Big Picnic in Queen Elizabeth Park. As part of the Festival, Vancouver runs a Haiku Invitational inviting poets… Read More 2019 Vancouver Haiku Invitational
Monji Tea has added to their range of gift packs containing haiku by Vanessa Proctor and myself. Monji Tea’s delightful gift packs for New Parents contain 10 pyramid teabags containing your choice of either the highest quality organic English breakfast tea, or peppermint tisane. And on the tag of each teabag is one of the… Read More Baby Poems from Monji Tea
Vine Leaves Press began publishing the Vine Leaves Literary Journal in 2011. Since its inception, the journal has presented ‘vignettes’ in poetry and prose. Editor of the journal, Jessica Bell, explains that a vignette doesn’t operate within the traditional realms of structure or plot, instead focusing on mood, character or setting to create an atmosphere… Read More Vine Leaves Literary Journal
Gregory Piko 